Running USA 2015: The 12th Industry Conference powered by ACTIVE Network will be held in New Orleans, LA at the Hilton Riverside New Orleans. This hotel is located on the bank of the Mississippi River in the heart of NOLA just steps from the French Quarter.

Whether you are an event director, media, vendor, charity partner, shoe company, athlete, coach or No. 1 fan, this is the MUST attend Running Industry Event.

Preliminary Schedule Highlights (speakers and times subject to change).

Introduction to Running USA - hear from veteran attendees how to make the most of your time at the conference. There will be 3 consecutive sessions. This session will be led by Mike Reilly - Events.com, Dave McGillivray - DMSE Sports and Christine Bowen - Running USA.

Opening Remarks from Running USA CEO, Rich Harshbarger. Harshbarger will review Running USA's progress in 2014 and provide insight into the State of the Sport.

General Session: 9:00am

Keynote speaker Pat Williams, co-founder and Senior Vice President of the NBA's Orlando Magic. As one of the world's top motivational speakers, Pat has addressed members of Fortune 500 companies, national trade organizations and universities in the United States and abroad. Pat will speak on leadership, teamwork and embracing change in our sport. He has completed 58 marathons over the last 14 years, including the Boston Marathon 13 times. For more details on Pat, please visit www.patwilliams.com

Hear from a panel of female industry experts on how women are leading and influencing the sport of running and how your business can benefit. Moderated by Mary Wittenberg, President and CEO of New York Road Runners

Round table discussions are 20 minute rotations focused on a particular topic led by a facilitator from the industry. Facilators will frame the conversations and then turn it over to the table participants to continue the conversation and share ideas.

General Session: 4:30 - 5:00pm - Join us as we close our 2015 event looking forward to 2016. Prepare to be inspired!

Mark Twain Patio Closing Reception 5:00 - 6:00pm

Join us on the patio to enjoy wine & beer and make those final connections. ACTIVE Network will be on hand to take sign-ups for the 2016 event at a deep discount.

Save The Date! February 10-12, 2016 (Wed-Fri.)

Running USA 2016: 13th Industry Conference will be held in Los Angeles, Calif. preceeding the

2016 Olympic Marathon Trials.

Price Increase Schedule:

November 15, 2014 ($699/members and $899/non-members)

January 16, 2015 ($749/members and $949/non-members)

February 9, 2015 ($849/members and $1049/non-members)

Transfers and Cancellation PoliciesEvent cancellations are allowed through 11/15/2014 and are subject to a $100 cancellation fee. NO REFUNDS or cancellations will be issued after 11/16/14. Person to person event transfers are allowed through 1/15/15 and are subject to a $100.00 transfer fee, plus the difference in the current registration fee. NO TRANSFERS will be granted after 1/16/15. We are unable to transfer registrations to the next years conference.